Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

7.7IMDb Score
Released:1945-11-24
Duration:86 min
Director:David Lean
Actors:Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond
Production:Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Overview:

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

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